BEHIND THE VEIL IN KHULDABAD, INDIA: 14TH CENTURY SUFI SAINTS, 21ST CENTURY ISLAMIC REFORMERS, AND MUSLIM WOMEN

Behind the Veil in Khuldabad, India: 14th Century Sufi Saints, 21st Century Islamic Reformers, and Muslim Women

In January of 2009, I traveled to India to interview women in Khuldabad, a small Muslim town in parad bhasma price the state of Maharashtra, about religious customs and rituals.With the help of my multilingual friend and colleague from this area, Surekha Shah, I interviewed twenty-nine women using a blend of Urdu and English.These women, from diffe

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Collapse of an axion scalar field

Abstract The manuscript deals with an interacting scalar field that mimics the evolution of the so-called humboldt cider cherry axion scalar dark matter or axion like particles with ultra-light masses.It is discussed that such a scalar along with an ordinary fluid description can collapse under strong gravity.The end state of the collapse depends o

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